This chair was the perfect candidate. Cheap, ugly old wickerwith some hideous fabric on it. Remember how I said I was not picking up any curb finds out here, well this one might as well be on the curb but no, this girl actually PAID for it a whopping $14. Yes, MyLove was SUPER THRILLED not when I brought it home, I cannot even emphasize it enough!

It's even more gorgeous, I mean hideous on the back, don't ya think? Well I kept telling myself that to convince myself I did not make a mistake in buying it.

I had some left over spray paint from my Blue Wicker End Table from a few weeks ago so decided it was going to be blue. I then found some coordinating fabric on super sale at Hobby Lobby and was again headed in the blue direction!

So this is what I did.

Day 1: 15 minutes

I first stripped out all of the upholstry and innards (is innards a word?) Anyway, I cleaned off the chair with Clorox Cleanup, water and a scrub brush and let it sit out in the sun for an afternoon. I just wanted to start off with a super clean slate.

I sprayed three coats of Rust-oleum American Accents Ultra Cover in Satin Lagoon and let it dry in adequate time between coats. That gave me time to do a billion loads of laundry in between! Oh what a fun life I lead!

Day 2: 3 hours

I used the original seat back and seat bottoms from the chair but used brand new foam and batting. I traced around the board and cut all of the foam and batting to size and then stacked in the cushions by using spray glue in between layers until I had it the desired cushyness.

I then cut the fabric a few inches larger than my board form and stapled the fabric about 1/2" from the edges of the back board and seat board. I then fitted it into the chair to ensure a perfect fit. Thank goodness it fit the first time, I would hate to start over. Did I mention how I no longer like to do upholstery? It's not too hard but for me just seems a lot more stressful than painting! - just sayin'

I made a template of the backside out of paper and then used it and a jigsaw to cut a piece of wood that we had on hand to make the backside of the chair.

I nailed the board to the backside of the chair and then spray glued on layer of batting to the wood.

I then covered the back with my fabric with a few nail tacks and a glue gun. Of course I barely had enough material to finish so I was cursing up a storm while burning my fingertips with got glue the whole time! Luckily I was home alone so my kiddos don't think I am a "potty mouth"

I covered the edges with some coordinating trim. I think it definitely gives it a more polished professional look, when in reality it's covering up a few little errs and mismeasurements!

So do you like it? Do you know someone who would like to buy it because I am putting it in my Renewal Shop along with the little Wicker End Table. Wish me luck!

And thanks Rita @ Curbside Creations for giving me the little kick in the butt to finish a project this week. Otherwise who knows how long I would have put it off!

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